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NEEDLESS WORK, COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE ACCEPTANCE and THE CURSE OF HABITS
“There are three means of abidance - natural, unnatural, or supernatural - and only one of those allows for the abidance to happen in a sane, logical, realized, awakened, and no-false-beliefs manner.”
--Floyd Henderson
The Three Legs of “The Journey,” Part Two
It was explained this way in one discussion of “The Vision” (which brought here
the final clarity and that “Eureka! . . . Aha! moment” which opened the door to full realization):
After having “returned to the Absolute” and then seen the perfect peace of the
Void - of the Nothingness - which was even prior to THAT, one can (in the PHASE
THREE: “THE 'COMING BACK IN' FOR THE SECOND TIME”) bring that perfect peace
back to the relative existence and overlay it on the remainder of the
manifestation.
Having been beyond knowing and having enjoyed the no-knowing, no-knower state,
then the unblocked consciousness can begin its second “journey” from THAT to “this”;
but nothing will be the same after having been “there” consciously and now
returning in awareness rather than in ignorance (as was the case during the
first “coming in” which resulted in identifying with the body and mind and
personality).
Now, the “second trip in” happens with clarity as clear, pure witnessing takes
place, allowing all to be understood; as the movement into the peaceful
child-that-knows-not stage happens; as you see the way religious or spiritual
roles were assigned to the child;
as you see the way a “mind” filled with nonsense came about; as you see exactly
the way that you ended up identifying with a plant food, elemental body the
first time “in.”
Now, having seen all of that, nothing is perceived as it was before: You know that
you are no persona, that you are neither good nor bad, that you are neither
black nor white nor any color, that you are neither evil nor noble.
You can look back over our shoulder, so to speak, and see All and understand
All. Then, you will live AS IF, as if any of this matters, as if any of “this”
is important, while knowing that it is not, even as you move through the
remainder of the relative existence in a sane, non-destructive, Loving fashion
(for True Love, too, will have been overlaid upon the relative as a result of
the Oneness having been understood).
You will then enjoy the remainder of the relative existence as a result of all
that you came to understand on the “journey,” but now, the “journey” to THAT is
over and it is time to relish the freedom that allows for the enjoyment of the
remainder of the manifestation.
What good is it, if you are hungry, to go to the grocery store and buy food but
then stay in the store forever, never returning home, never undertaking the
relative existence task of preparing the food, and never enjoying the meal?
The one who stays in the store
can claim, “I have arrived,” but that one will be totally insane to stay in the
store and not enjoy what the relative existence can offer.
If the multi-step “journey back in - now for the second time - is not undertaken,
allowing an entirely new experience to happen in the relative, then why go “there”
in the first place?
Only HERE and NOW can the bliss be known. Only during the AM-ness can the bliss
happen. Only the relative existence can provide an opportunity for the fruits
of the “journey” to be enjoyed.
When the consciousness finally unmanifests as mahasamadhi is taken - and when
it “returns there” and is reunited with that universal pool of specialized
energy known as “awareness” or the Absolute - then at that point there will be
no “one” to know that or to know THAT or to experience the bliss or to
experience anything else.
The only purpose of the “journey” to understanding THAT is to “return” to the
AM-ness and to abide for the remainder of the relative existence in an AS IF
fashion.
Otherwise, one will be as trapped in her or his “Philosophical Character” or in
“The Knower Character” or in “The Different From Others Who Don't Understand
What I Understand Character.”
Playing any of those roles, one will be as
separated from “others” and as bound up in Subject-Object Witnessing as was the
case prior to undertaking the “journey.”
The invitation: Come home. Enjoy the freedom and independence. Enjoy the
remainder of the relative by functioning spontaneously in an AS IF manner.
After completing the “journey”
to “there” and then coming back in (for the second time, but with a totally
sane and sound and accurate perspective), then AS IF, natural living happens.
From there, the AM-ness is not ignored, for that would be unnatural. While only
humans can verbalize the words “I AM,” birds know the I AM, deer know the I AM,
fish know the I AM.
Approach any and they will move away, automatically and
naturally longing to extend the AM-ness, the manifestation of the
consciousness.
That is natural. That is what Nisarga abidance looks like. To claim to abide as
THAT only is not natural; natural living puts one fully in touch with the AM-ness
but with an entirely different perspective, post-realization.
Also, to claim to have been “there” and to have returned and overlaid Reality
on the relative is proved to be totally artificial if non-Nisarga, non-natural
living is happening.
If persons who think they have realized are humming, shaving their heads,
beating on a drum, burning a stick, displaying special crystals, ringing a
special bell, striking a special bowl on a special pillow with a special stick,
then they have not overlaid Reality on the relative at all.
Pre-language, pre-special-bells, pre-special-bowls, and pre-special-pillows, humans or human-like
creatures intuitively sensed THAT via the inner guru. Tapping into the inner
resource is natural; tapping objects to be more religious or spiritual is not.
Consider the pointers in the following summary that were offered recently after
a Skype session:
“The review covered the entire seven-step-”coming in” process from the
awareness manifesting as consciousness: the shift through the witnessing
stages; the bliss of the child with no ideas or concepts or beliefs;
“the child being assigned identities (which have subsequently been upgraded and
downgraded, giving joy at time and hurt at times, generating instability of
moods).
“Then it was seen how the steps taught here can take a seeker back to the
beginning (to the Absolute, to THAT) to see how the “coming in” happened the
first time and how body-mind-personality identification came about. It was seen
that the human tendency to attack the body when the mind is the source of
misery and suffering is useless.
“The steps 'back out' were taken, but it was then seen that one cannot
stay 'there' alone, so the steps back in (again) were taken - but with
CLARITY this time - so that the present manifestation can be free of all that
was collected when the seven “coming in” steps were taken the first time.
“Now, we are done with THAT . . . with the philosophical, with the metaphysical,
with the excessive focusing on the noumenal, with ignoring the phenomenal, with
all attention focused on 'the path,' with a preoccupation with the 'journey.'
Now you are here, and NOW you should be ready and able to enjoy a totally different experience for the remainder of the relative existence.
To be continued.
Please enter into the silence of contemplation.
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“Liberation (Attaining Freedom from Personality via Realization)”
“Freedom from Shifting Between States of Happiness and Unhappiness”
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THE EXPLANATION
Yeshu'a (Jesus) and Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis were spot on:
"No one shall ever see 'the kingdom of heaven.' It is within"
and
"Heaven and earth shall fade away."
and
"Heaven and hell are not geographic places
"There is no hell."
teachings which become a part of the Papal Magisterium.
If you prefer PAPERBACK copies
(collected in two anthologies).
Links for ordering are below with
BARNES and NOBLE presently providing better service
than AMAZON
when it come to fulfilling orders for
paperback and hardcover books
as opposed to delivering digital books.
[NOTE: Wherever you live, you can search for the books below by title with booksellers in your country. With 40,000+ retailers distributing my paperback books, you may order from U.S. stores or you may find someone nearer to you.]
For NON-DUALITY AUDIENCES
The Advanced Seekers' Series (344 pages) is an anthology of four books that share Advaita-based, non-duality pointers that can guide seekers to abide as their original nature. Included in the anthology are
"From the I to the Absolute (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality");
"Consciousness / Awareness: The Nature of Reality Beyond SELF-Realization (Peace Every Day When Abiding As the Absolute)";
"From the Absolute to the Nothingness";
and
"The Final Understanding."
from BARNES AND NOBLE by clicking here
or (sometimes less efficiently nowadays in terms of paperback delivery)
This anthology (438 pages) contains the six books that make up what has been called The Blissful Abidance Series for those seeking to live blissfully and happily for the remainder of the manifestation, including:
“What BLISS is and what BLISS is not”
“There’s No Such Thing As Peace of Mind (There’s Only Peace If You’re ‘Out of Your Mind’)”
“Liberation (Attaining Freedom from Personality via Realization)”
“Freedom from Shifting Between States of Happiness and Unhappiness”
“Why You Must Be Empty If You Would Be Full”
and
“When REALITY Is Overlaid on the RELATIVE.”
Order a PAPERBACK copy of The Blissful Abidance Series
from Amazon by clicking here.
SEND A GIFT BOOK TO SOMEONE
(1) You may purchase
a Floyd Henderson Shopify Gift Card here
for someone and offer recommendations for the books in Floyd's store which might be of assistance to them.
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(2) To make an arrangement for us to send in your name as a gift from you any of our books to someone you choose:
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THE EXPLANATION
Yeshu'a (Jesus) and Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis were spot on:
"No one shall ever see 'the kingdom of heaven.' It is within"
and
"Heaven and earth shall fade away."
and
"Heaven and hell are not geographic places
"There is no hell."
teachings which become a part of the Papal Magisterium.
